Mercury intoxication presenting with hypertension and tachycardia

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 556-557

  Wößmann, Willi ^a,b   Kohl, Martina ^a   Grüning, Gunnar ^a   Bucsky, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Mercury poisoning; Phaeochromocytoma; Tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ENALAPRIL; MERCURY; PENICILLAMINE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CASE REPORT; CATECHOLAMINE URINE LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSOMNIA; MERCURIALISM; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TACHYCARDIA; URINE LEVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0033029884     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.80.6.556     Document Type: Article

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